"Eat it up,
Wear it out,
Make it do,
Or go without."
~A Pioneer Sampler, by Barbara Greenwood~

Pioneer Woman at Heart

One Flourishing, Frugal and Fun Family!

One family learning to live off the land, cut back on expenses, and to live a simpler and a more self-sufficient lifestyle.

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

A day in photographs. . .a barter



 Well, some of my day anyway.....morning starts with coffee.



Folded Saturday's towels I forgot about.  My "linen" closet is a vintage laundry basket.

Monday, October 12, 2015

Harvesting Black Walnuts

 Yesterday's sunrise.  Just beautiful!

I took some time to pick up two five gallon buckets of our black walnuts.  They have pretty much fallen in the last few days here.  In fact, they were falling on me as I picked them up.  Black walnuts contain more protein than English walnuts and have a stronger flavor.


The hulling and rinsing process is underway, but these will need to dry in the sun.  (click on "read more" to see the remainder of the post).